**Meet the editors**

Dr. Nasser Sayed Awwad received his MSc in Inorganic and Radiochemistry in 1997 from Benha University, his PhD in Inorganic and Radiochemistry in 2000 from Ain Shams University and Post doctorate at Sandia National Labs, New Mexico, USA in 2004. Nasser Awwad was Associate Prof of Radiochemistry in 2006 and professor of Inorganic and Radiochemistry in 2011 at the Egyptian

Atomic Energy Authority. He has been a Professor at King Khalid University, Abha, KSA, from 2011 to the current day. He has published two chapters in the following books: "Natural Gas - Extraction to End Use" and "Advances in Petrochemicals". He has been Editor for four books: "Uranium", "New trends in Nuclear Sciences", "Dyes in Industry" and "Lanthanides". In addition to this, he has published 54 papers in ISI Journals. He has supervised 4 PhD and 16 MSc students in the field of Radioactive and Wastewater treatment. He has participated in 25 International conferences (South Korea, USA, Lebanon, KSA and Egypt). He has reviewed 2 PhD and 13 MSc papers. He has participated in 6 big projects with KACST at KSA and Sandia National Labs at USA on the conditioning of radioactive sealed sources, wastewater treatment. He is the leader of group research about utilization of nanomaterials for treatment of inorganic and organic pollutants and is a member of a research group on the influence of d- and f-block element interactions with indomethacin, bupivacaine, lidocaine, nadolol, procainamide and procaine nonsteriodal drugs on its bioactivities. He is a member of the Arab Society of Forensic Sciences and Forensic Medicine and a member of the Egyptian Society for Nuclear Sciences and its applications. He is part of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Energy and Environmental Research and Technology. He is also a member of the organizing committee of the 9th World Congress & Expo on Nanotechnology & Material science and a rapporteur of the Permanent Committee for Nuclear and Radiological Protection at King Khalid University. He is interested in utilizing the different techniques related to treatment of radioactive nuclides using nanomaterials.

Salem A. AlFaify (S. AlFaify) is currently an associate professor of physics, leader of the "quantum functional materials for advanced applications" (QFMAA) research group and a leading researcher at the advanced functional materials and optoelectronics laboratory (AFMOL) at the department of physics faculty of sciences, King Khalid University (KKU). He was President of the Saudi

Physical Society (SPS) from 2013-2016. He obtained his Ph.D. in condensed matter physics/nano-materials in 2011 from the Western Michigan University, USA. He was awarded a thesis

appointment scholarship from the department of energy DOE-USA to conduct his Ph.D research project in the center for nano-scale material (CNM) at Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), one of the dominant national laboratories of the DOE-USA operated and managed by the University of Chicago. He has authored and co-authored more than 150 articles in peer-reviewed and highly reputed ISI journals. He works with collaborators/researchers with mutual interest from many institutes and universities around the world. His research interests are primarily in the area of the condensed matter physics at the nano-scale, in particular, the correlation nature of the nano-quantum structures and their properties and applications. In addition to the growth of varying forms of nanostructured materials and their basic characterization by XRD, SEM, TEM etc., he is interested in utilizing the powerful techniques related to accelerators physics such as ion beam analysis (IBA) and synchrotron radiation to fundamentally investigate the essence of the nanomaterials/fine matters and understand/ engineer their novel properties for modern and futuristic applications.

Contents

**Preface VII**

**Nuclear Science 1**

Chapter 2 **Nuclear Reactor Simulation 5**

Toru Aoki

Joji M. Otaki

Thomas W. Grimshaw

Edmundo del Valle-Gallegos

Chapter 1 **Introductory Chapter: Introduction to New Trends in**

Andrés Rodríguez Hernández, Armando Miguel Gómez-Torres and

Olena Maslyanchuk, Stepan Melnychuk, Volodymyr Gnatyuk and

**the Field-Laboratory Paradox: Multifaceted Biological Effects**

Chapter 3 **Mechanisms of Charge Transport and Photoelectric Conversion in CdTe-Based X- and Gamma-Ray Detectors 27**

Chapter 4 **Understanding Low-Dose Exposure and Field Effects to Resolve**

Chapter 5 **Integrated Policymaking for Realizing Benefits and Mitigating**

**from the Fukushima Nuclear Accident 49**

**Secondary Impacts of Cold Fusion 73**

Salem A. AlFaify and Nasser S. Awwad
